Support for tile partitions



' Juny 32, 1932.

.1. H, RYAN LTZQ- SUPPORT FOR TILE PARTITIONS Filed July 26, 1930attentati July l2, i932 JAMES H. RYAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SUPPORTFOR TILE '.PARTITIONS Application led July 26, 1930. Serial No. 470,870.

This invention relates to a support and method for constructing tilepartitions.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved supportfor use inconstructing tile partitions comprising a metallic channel member havingits flanges cut to provide ears that are bent to extend oppositely fromthe flanges to engage tiles abutting against the back of the support,and to constitute engagew ments for wall plaster.

Another object of the invention 1s to provide an improved metallicsupport of the type and character mentioned having its flanges cut toprovide laterally deilected tie portions that may readily be bent so asto be extended oppositely from the flanges, leaving the flanges formingengaging portions for tiles at one side of the channel member and theoppositely extended tie portions argg ranged to engage the oppositesides of tiles at the other side of the channel member.

Another object of the invention is to provide the improved method hereindisclosed for rapidly constructing partitions including tile membersarranged in superimposed tiers and interlocked with intervening supportsand formed with means for engaging and supporting plaster applied to thesides of the tiles and the supports.

Other objects will appear from the following description. referencebeing made to the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. l is a horizontalsectional view of a wall section taken approximately on the line l-l otFig. 2, illustrating features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a partition embodying thepresent invent-ion.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the channel supporting membersbefore the ties are bent to extend oppositely from the flanges.

Fig. l is a perspective view of a portion of one of the supportingmembers showing` the ties bent to extend oppositely from the fianges. Y

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing portions ot supporting members usedagainst a walls-in the final Vconstruction of a partition.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of a channel member used atthe beginning of a partition wall.

The body of the partition wall comprises a number of blocks or tiles 1arranged in vertical tiers, each tier being composed of a series of saidblocks or tiles seated edgewise one upon the other as shown. Thecompleted partition wall may be surfaced with a layer 2 of' plaster orother surfacing material applied to and engaged with the surfaces of thetiles and with the supports with which the tiles are engaged so as toprovide a complete partition wall of Finished and ornamental appearance.

At one end of the partition wall, a channel member support is locatedand is arranged and combined with the ends of the tiles l so that theends of all of the tiles in one vertical tier of tiles are engaged inthe channel of said member. As shown, this channel member comprises aportion 3 having at each side edge a flange 4. These flanges 4 projectapproximately at right angles from the channel portion 3 and are spacedapart a sufficient distance so as to receive and embrace the ends of thetiles 1 between them. This channel member may be located against a wallor one side of a door or other opening, or elsewhere, at the beginningof the partition wall.

Each intermediate support for the tiles comprises a metallic channelmember including a main or body portion 5 and two flanges 6 projectingfrom the edges of the body portion 5 in the same direction and spacedapart a sufcient distance to receive between them the ends of the tilesforming a tier ofjtiles. That is to say, this channel member is theduplicate of the end channel memben'with the exception that the flanges6 are Acut to provide ears or ties that may be bent to extend oppositelyfrom the flanges 6. Thus, each flange 6 is formed with a series of pairsof diverging slits intersecting at a distance from the outer edges oftheanges 6 and diverging toward the main or body portion 5 of the sup`port. These slits provide ears or ties 7 that may be slightly deflectedinitially or when cut, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, and

bent nally when applied to use approximately to the positions shown inFi 4 of the drawing. These ears or ties are o suflicient length toengage the ends of tiles arranged in a tier, as will be clearlyunderstood by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, while the endsof an adjacent tier of tiles are engaged between the flanges 6 of thesupporting member.

It' desired, the flanges 6 may be cut to provide rectangular ears orties 8 that also may be slightly deflected initially, as shown in Fig. 3of the drawing, and finally bent to extend oppositely from the flanges 6When the device is applied to use.

The slits forming the ears or ties 7 and 8 do not intersect the edges ofthe flanges 6, but leave said flanges 6 continuously integral throughoutthe length of said supporting member. According to this construction,any desired number of the ties or ears 7 and 8 may be provided so longas the strength of the supports is not materially diminished; and thestrength of the supports is not materially diminished if these ties orears are spaced apart an appreciable distance, as shown.

A support for finishing the end of a partition against another wall. forinstance, may be of the type shown in Figs. l and 5, the same comprisinga pair of metallic angle members either or both of which may be placedin position finally after the tiles are arranged and assembled in tiersto the height of the partition or to any other desired height. One ofsaid angle members comprises flanges 9 and 10 extending at right anglesto each other and constructed and arranged so that the flange 9 may beextended acrossl the end of the tier of tiles and the flange 10 locatedat the side of the tier of tiles. The cooperating angle member is ofsimilar construction and comprises a flange 11 and a flange 12 extendingat right angles to the flange 11. This cooperating angle member isdesigned to be embodied in the 'partition structure by extending theflange 11 between the end of the tier of tiles and the wall adjacent towhich the tier of tiles terminates and arranging the flange l2 at theside of the tier of tiles opposite the flange 10 of the cooperatingangle member.

It will now be understood that all of these supporting and angle membersmay he constructed of sheet metal; that the ties or ears 7 and 8 may hebent from the deflected positions shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing to thepositions for use as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. so that one tier of tilesmay be engaged thereby while the flanges 6 may engage the adjacent tierof tiles. These ties or ears 7 and 8 and the openings formed therebyconstitute engagements for plaster or surfacing material which may beapplied to either or both sides of the partition after the tiles andsupports have been assembled in the manner shown and described.

After the tiles and the metallic supports therefor have been assembledin cooperative relationship, the flanges 6 and the ties 7 and 8 arespaced slightly from the sides of the respective tiers of tiles, and theends of the tiers of tiles are spaced from the metallic supports. Thus,the plaster or plastic surfacing material will enter and tie into thesespaces between the flanges 6 and the sides of the tiles and, to someextent, between the ends of the tiles and the metallic supports. andalso between the ties 7 and 8 and the sides of the tiles, all as clearlyshown in the drawing. The plaster or surfacing material thus obtainsstrong enough engagement with the partition so as' to retain itsposition thereon and union therewith in order to form the completedpartition.

This invention dispenses with the necessity and desirability of usingmortar and the like, thus producing a fireproof construetion which maybe erected much faster than brick or tile partitions using mortar andwhich possesses many other advantages. The supports may be constructedof standard lengths and, where different lengths are desired, may be cutto provide the different lengths.

The invention may be varied Within the scope of equivalent limitswithout de arture from the nature and principle thereo I do not restrictmyself unessentially, but what I claim and desire to secure by LetterPatent 1s:--

1. Supports for supporting tiles in Walls comprising adjacent supportsone of which consists of a channel bar for receiving the ends of aVertical series of tiles and having projections for engaging the ends ofan adjacent series of tiles, and the adjacent support consisting of apair of matching angle members, each of said angle members having aflange for engaging the sides of a vertical series of tiles and a flangeacross the ends of said series of tiles.

2. A series of studs for supporting tiles in wall formation comprisingadjacent supports one of which consists of a stud of channel form forengaging the ends of one series of tiles and having projections Jforengaging the ends of' an adjacent vertical series of tiles, and theadjacent support consistin of a pair of separate angle members, each otsaid angle members having a flange for extending along the sides of aseries of tiles at the end of the wall and a flange for extendingtransversely of the ends of said series of tiles.

JAMES H. RYAN.

